I don’t know how dangerous it is… A woman coughs up blood and is shocked that the cause is a single item in the bathroom that every home is familiar with!
Girl shocked by “coughing up blood”, goes to the doctor and finds out she has an infection, knowing the cause makes her hair stand on end, 1 common item in the bathroom, every home has it!
Ms. Li, a 39-year-old woman living in China, had been suffering from a chronic cough for a long time. But her symptoms were not severe, so she did not seek medical attention. However, recently, she suddenly started coughing up blood, and she rushed to the hospital in a panic.
Ms. Li was diagnosed with bronchiectasis with infection. A detailed chest CT scan confirmed that she did not have tuberculosis. After further testing of sputum samples, she was found to have a Mycobacterium avium (M. avium) infection. After 2 months of combined antibiotic therapy. The results were negative, but she was continued for another year before the medication was discontinued.
However, shortly after stopping the medication, Ms. Li started coughing and producing blood in her sputum again. She went to see a doctor, who tested positive for Mycobacterium avium (M. avium) again. “If I’ve been on treatment for a year, why has it come back?” The doctor was surprised and at a loss for words. And it wasn’t until he asked Ms. Li about her lifestyle that he discovered a detail.
It turned out that because she was afraid of catching a cold. Ms. Li liked to leave the hot water running first, so that the heat would spread throughout the ทางเข้า ufabet bathroom before she started taking a shower. In the meantime, for more than 10 years. She had not “changed the shower head”, which was the reason she had been infected with Mycobacteria avium multiple times!
Mycobacteria avium can grow in water without the addition of nutrients or at temperatures from 15 to 45°C and salinity of 0 to 2% of saline. So it can survive in the pipes of the water supply system for a long time. In addition, aerosols generated during hot baths will increase the number of bacteria if inhaled, especially for immunocompromised patients. Which may lead to lung infections.
Finally, the doctor cautions that those with compromised immune systems need to pay attention to the small details of bathing every day, changing shower heads regularly, reducing shower time, or switching to cold showers to reduce inhalation of microorganisms and reduce the risk of infection.